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01/27/2010 16:38 FAX 970 295 5668 FSA/NRCS F -G. Mfguua <br />Preface <br />Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas. They <br />highlight sal imitations tut affect various land uses and provide infcrmsfion about <br />the properties of the soft in the survey areas. Sol su nwp are designed for many <br />different users, Including fanners, ranchers. mss, agronomists. urban planners, <br />community officio, engineers, developers, builders. and home buyers. Also, <br />conservationists, teachers, students, and specialists in recreation, waste disposal, <br />and pollution control can usethe surveys to help them understand, protein orenhance <br />the environment. <br />Various land use regulations of Federal. State, and brat governments may impose <br />special restrictions on hand use or land treatment Sod surveys identify sof pmperties <br />that are used in makwg various land use or land treatment decisiormL The Information <br />is intended to help the land users iderhtity and reduce the effects of soil fNmitations on <br />various land uses. The landowner or user is responsible for identifying and complying <br />with existing laws and regulations. <br />Alttnough so survey Information can be used for general farm. local. and wider area <br />planning, on site investigation is needed to supplemerd this information in some cases. <br />Examples indude sod testy assessmarits (hapAsofs.ursda.govW and certain <br />conservation and engineering applications. For nwe detailed information. contact <br />your local USDA Service Center (hWilaffices mcgav.uscWi;ovlbcafor/app? <br />agency=nxcs) or your MRCS State Soil Scientist (httpJ- /sods.usda.gov/contad/ <br />state-offices/). <br />Great drffarn noes m sod properties can o cur wdhm short distances- Some soils are <br />seasonally wet or subject to fang. Some are too unstable to be used as a <br />foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet sods are poorly suited to use as septic <br />tank absorption Wds. A high water rabic makes a soil poorly suited to basements or <br />underground Installations. <br />The National Cooperative Sod Survey m a joint effort of the United States Department <br />of Agriculture and other Federal agencies. State agencies including the Agncuhual <br />Experiment Stations. and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service (NRCS) has whip for the Federal Pat of the National Cooperative Sal <br />Survey. <br />Information about souls is updated periodically. Updated information is available <br />through the MRCS Sal Deft Mart web sit@ or the MRCS Web Soil Survey. The Soil <br />Data Mart is the data storage site for the official sod survey information. <br />The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proh 5 dhscrimir>atio n in all its programs <br />and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability. and where <br />applicable. sex, marital status. familial status, parental status. religion. sexual <br />orientation, genetic information. poetical beliefs, reprisal, or because al or a part of an <br />individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited <br />bases apply to all progrmw) Persons with (tisebdities who require aftmTw ive means <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 2 4 2010 <br />m4sion of Reclamwen, <br />wdsd*